After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

"……what?"

Aize didn't rush to pay attention to her. Instead, he stood up from behind the desk, pointed at the adventurer lying on the ground killed by Hecate, and instructed Constantine and others:

"You guys, carry this body to Alicia and tell her to start the operation according to the predetermined plan. Send a few more people to cooperate with her."

"clear."

Constantine nodded calmly, and Aize continued to ask:

"What happened to the guy who got away?"

"Captain Elena's men are tracking him. If they discover he's in contact with the guild's higher-ups, they'll arrest him immediately."

"Very good, and here's an additional task."

Aize picked up a document from the side.

It was the transaction records of Red Claw Wolf-related trophies that he had found in his previous investigation.

"Send a few people, based on the information above, to find the person handling this transaction at the Chamber of Commerce, find out who the other party is dealing with, and then bring them to me immediately."

"clear."

"That's all, go do it."

"Yes!"

After Constantine and his men handed the captured assassin over to Hecate, they turned and left.

Only Heidi looked confused and completely out of the situation.

Watching the knights hurriedly leaving, she asked cautiously:

"Um, could you explain...what's going on?"

"Well, in short, everything was planned from the beginning."

After thinking for a moment, Aize scratched his face and began to explain.

Although he didn't expect the other party to take action at this time, Aize was still prepared.

Anticipating that the enemy would use the refugees in the palace to hide their identities and escape, Constantine assigned several groups of elite knights to block all potential entrances and exits.

It's like an invisible spider web, waiting for a fly that doesn't know how to live or die to crawl in.

So, even if Hecate wasn't around tonight, the situation wouldn't change much.

On the other hand, regarding the handling of assassins, Aze's requirements are:

Based on the number of opponents, complete the objectives in the following order of priority:

Kill one.

Let one go.

Capture one alive.

The rest is up to you.

For these high-level adventurers who specialize in doing dirty work, they have already prepared for the possibility of mission failure and being caught before starting their own actions.

I have a strong ability to resist interrogation and can come up with a set of excuses to justify myself.

Some of them would not even hesitate to commit suicide if given the opportunity.

As for the guild, they also kept their relationship very clean, ensuring that even if they spoke, no evidence other than their confessions would fall into the hands of the other party.

Therefore, capturing them alive was the lowest priority because they had already been prepared.

That's why we have to let one go.

Once the assassin escapes and comes into contact with the guild's top brass when he thinks he is safe, and is caught in the act, that would be irrefutable evidence.

Up to this point, Heidi understood.

"...In that case, why is killing one person the highest priority?"

"Well... I'm putting on a play somewhere, and I need to borrow these guys' lives."

Aize said, spreading his hands.

"It's a bit complicated to explain, but you'll know soon enough. Anyway, let's attack from three directions simultaneously. Combined with the content of the subjugation commission we just discovered, we're going to completely destroy these guys today."

At this point, it no longer matters what the reason was for the assassination.

Since the other party has chosen to overturn the table without any moral principles, the game of tug-of-war ends here.

Naturally, there was no need for Aize to continue playing with the other party.

"Okay, before they finish their work, I have to hurry and finish my work here."

As he said this, he put his hands behind his back and walked in front of the assassin who was controlled by Hecate.

He is a male, and quite young, probably about the same age as Aize was before he traveled through time.

To be able to become a high-level adventurer at such a young age is a sign of extraordinary talent and a promising future.

pity.

The other party seemed to be aware of this as well, and due to the training he had received, his expression was unusually numb, with his eyes drooping and not even a trace of light in them.

During the entire process, he didn't say a word, and his expression didn't even change. Before the interrogation even started, he was already completely silent.

Aize sneered:

"What? Don't you want to say something?"

"..."

"You know what? I've made a lot of friends before. At the beginning, most of them were like you, not saying a word. But I always have a way to make them talk, and once they start talking, they talk nonstop. Do you want to try it too?"

He deliberately put on a sinister expression and said something jokingly that was quite scary when you think about it.

This is also one of Aize's classic acting skills during interrogation, and it works every time.

"..."

However, the other party still did not respond and did not even look at Aize.

"There's no other way, so... let's try."

As he spoke, Aize raised his head and glanced at Heidi:

"The next scene might be a bit bloody. What are you going to do? Are you going to stay here?"

After a brief moment of thought, the red-haired princess bit her lip and shook her head vigorously:

“…No, I have somewhere I want to go.”

Guessing what she was going to do, Aize frowned.

But in the end, he didn't say anything more and just nodded:

"Well, see you later then."

"Okay, see you later."

After saying that, Heidi left the study and ran in a certain direction of the palace at the fastest speed in the empty palace corridor.

Because just now, she thought of a possibility.

Concerned about this possibility, she stopped at the door of a bedroom.

He didn't even bother to knock on the door. He just kicked it open with a bang and walked in.

On the other side of the door, the luxuriously furnished and spacious bedroom was dark and empty.

The bed and the bedding were neatly made, with no signs of having been used.

Heidi's heart suddenly sank.

This is the room of Arthur Yalter, the regent of the kingdom and Heidi's biological uncle.

A few hours ago, he thought he was dealing with the conflict with Aize, but then the almost reckless assassination happened.

coincidence?

Not quite.

Heidi knew that Arthur had always had a very close relationship with the Adventurer's Guild.

In the past, he also used these relationships to do many things that were beneficial to maintaining the royal family.

If he wanted to, forcing the guild to carry out a kamikaze assassination on Aize would not seem to be a difficult task.

That's why Heidi rushed to confirm it as soon as possible, wanting to eliminate suspicion and prove her innocence.

The result was the opposite.

In the middle of the night when it was almost dawn, he was not in the room. He was so neat and tidy that there was no sign that he had come back tonight.

This is not just a suspicion, it can almost be a direct conviction.

Heidi's body went limp and she fell onto the chair in the room, her mind in a mess.

"Arthur, why..."

After the tragedy a few years ago, the royal family fell into decline. His parents, brothers and sisters all died overnight, and most of them could not even be found.

Although Heidi had several younger brothers and sisters, for her, who had to shoulder the responsibility at the time, what she faced was not just pressure.

She almost went crazy overnight.

During that period, it was Arthur who was given the task.

Until Heidi grew up, he maintained the royal family as regent under tremendous pressure.

After Heidi grew up, he handed over his power very decisively and tried his best to assist her in the face of various difficulties. He had no ambition to usurp the throne.

Apart from this, he was almost the last person who could be called an elder by Heidi, and he did teach her various things during her ignorant period.

In fact, he even plays the role of adoptive father.

Therefore, Heidi's feelings for her uncle are quite deep.

If someone else had a conflict with Aize under such circumstances, given Heidi's current temper and thoughts, it would be impossible for the conflict to end without bloodshed.

But for him, Heidi had to choose a lighter punishment.

Even the so-called punishment can actually be considered a kind of protection, which is to prevent the conflict between him and Aize from escalating further.

As a result, this only elder was completely ungrateful and even continued to make things worse, which turned out to be the worst situation she wanted to avoid.

What to do?

What should we do with him then?

Heidi didn't know.

What Heidi didn't know was what role he played in this incident.

Was it simply because he was unhappy with Aize's commoner ancestry, and like his former self, he was blinded by his so-called aristocratic status and made the mistake?

Or was it that even the incident in the royal capital this time was his doing?

Heidi didn't dare to think about it.

I could only sit in the dark room, holding my face with my hands and shaking my head.

Chapter 82 You Are Really Scary

Several hours had passed since the conversation with Aize, but even after returning to his residence, Boris was still in a state of extreme mental tension.

During his years in the guild, he was involved in many unethical things.

In theory, as long as the guild can continue to play both sides among the nobles, this is not a problem.

After all, the guild has been playing this role for hundreds of years and it has never changed.

However, if there are people inside who want him dead, that is another matter.

Not to mention that this person even exposed the guild's secrets directly to the brave Aize in order to kill him.

This made Boris feel an unprecedented sense of crisis.